FARMERS MARKET & PLANT SALE

For Soil Festival’s 10th anniversary we’ve expanded our Farmers Market and Plant Sale, featuring even more local vendors selling crafted goods and plants:

• Bed Head Plant Nursery

• Love Joy Farm

• My Elderberry Fairy

• Wylde Center: Wylde Plant Market

• Rooted Faith Farm

• Roots ‘n Earth Family Farm

• The Herbal Society

• Tropical Express

• Garland’s Garden

• Mama Raishlyn’s Natural Wellness

• Mr. Natural Superior Soil

• Garden Head Planters

• Farmers Jam

• Haylene Green, The Garden Queen

EXHIBTIORS

Not only will you find a bigger selection of local vendors, but our Exhibitor Row is also packed with local organizations ready to share resources:

• Atlanta Beltline Partnership

• Patagonia

• Second Helpings Atlanta

• Hiwassee Products LLC

• USDA Farm Service Agency

• SoilSHOP

• UGA Extension

• Ask a Master Gardener

• USDA-NRCS

• Plantlanta

• AgLanta

• Historic Westside Gardens ATL, Inc

• Georgia Composting Council

• Community Farmers Markets

• Georgia Organics

• Good Agriculture

• Blue Heron Urban Farms and Sanctuary

• Collaboration for Equitable Health

IvoRi Schley is an Atlanta native, fiber artist, geographer, environmental educator, and urban farmer—just to name a few. She is the co-founder and education director of Afro Agriculture LLC, which offers nature, arts, and self-sufficiency programs to marginalized communities in Georgia and North Carolina. Afro Agriculture is rooted in the pursuit of earthskills—for the land and for the culture—to promote mutual aid, community engagement, and Afro-futurism.

Rebecca Schuyler is the garden leader at John Lewis Elementary School. Her journey gardening began with a butterfly garden donation from Dunwoody Nature Center. She saw how excited the students got watching the life cycle of Monarch caterpillars, and wanted to find more ways to get the students in the garden. After completing Fernbank Science Center’s School Master Gardener program, Rebecca established garden beds for every grade level, which include 6 vegetable garden beds planted by different classes and a thriving orchard.

Tisha Staples, M.Ed. is a STEM Coordinator and elementary STEM Exploratory teacher with over 25 years of experience in community outreach and more than a decade in education. She leads innovative STEM agriculture programs in Clayton County Public Schools that feature school gardens, aeroponics systems, a community orchard, and strong partnerships with local organizations. Tisha is passionate about using urban agriculture as both a teaching tool and a means of empowering communities to turn education into action.

Yennenga Adanya, affectionately known as Queen Yenn, is a dynamic entrepreneur, Master’s-level educator, life transformation coach, minister, and certified meditation instructor. As the founder of both Oyun Ministries and Oyun Botanical Gardens, she cultivates spaces—both physical and spiritual—that support healing, growth, and community resilience. With over a decade rooted in Atlanta’s urban agriculture scene, Queen Yenn transforms underutilized land into thriving spaces and builds sustainable, income-generating programs that strengthen community resilience.